"IRRESISTIBLE!"--The Boston GlobeSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "IRRESISTIBLE!"--The Boston GlobeSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."--Publishers WeeklyFrom the Paperback edition. ...Continua Nascondi

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - A cheerful book with a cosmic bias

Someone understands English humor, someone does not really. Well and someone is surprised, and that in this humor of English. No stiffness and abstruse refined bites, I did not see the book when reading the book. But the merry, playful satire on the

Someone understands English humor, someone does not really. Well and someone is surprised, and that in this humor of English. No stiffness and abstruse refined bites, I did not see the book when reading the book. But the merry, playful satire on the world of modern bureaucracy is described in full. Although ... in addition to satire, there is quite a lot of ordinary and slightly absurd humor, which, if not a laugh, provokes a smile.
Well, how else can you treat the fact that the most intelligent beings on our planet are mice. Moreover, they are fans of putting various experiments on people, pretending to be "reasonable" that these people put experiments on them. You can get confused. Or, as you thought, after many years of meditation, with the help of a super computer, the answer to the most important question of "Life, Genesis and Generally" was finally received. To whom is interested, then generations of philosophers were looking for an answer ... Pam! Pam! Pam! (significant pause) "42" !!! Yes, yes. The answer to the most important question is 42.
Here such here humor. There is something to ponder or laugh at. Personally, I really liked it. I recommend.

What do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light-years away, you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's your own lookout. Energize the demoliWhat do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light-years away, you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.
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